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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index c4fbd635..e5b4bb05 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ archive.
 dgit push always uses the package, suite and version specified in the
 debian/changelog and the .dsc, which must agree.  If the command line
 specifies a suite then that must match too.
-
-If dgit push fails while uploading, it is fine to simply retry the
-dput on the .changes file at your leisure.
 .TP
 \fBdgit rpush\fR \fIbuild-host\fR\fB:\fR\fIbuild-dir\fR [\fIpush args...\fR]
 Pushes the contents of the specified directory on a remote machine.
@@ -219,9 +216,10 @@ public key in its keyring (but not your private key, obviously).
 .B dgit setup-new-tree
 Configure the current working tree the way that dgit clone would have
 set it up.  Like running
-.B dgit setup-useremail
-and
+.BR "dgit setup-useremail" ,
 .B setup-mergechangelogs
+and
+.B setup-gitattributes
 (but only does each thing if dgit is configured to do it automatically).
 You can use these in any git repository, not just ones used with
 the other dgit operations.
@@ -238,6 +236,29 @@ Configures a git merge helper for the file
 which uses
 .BR dpkg-mergechangelogs .
 .TP
+.B dgit setup-gitattributes
+Set up the working tree's
+.B .git/info/attributes
+to disable all transforming attributes for all files.
+This is done by defining a macro attribute
+.B dgit-defuse-attrs
+and applying it to
+.BR * .
+For why, see
+.B GITATTRIBUTES
+in
+.BR dgit(7) .
+
+(If there is already a macro attribute line
+.B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
+in .git/info/attributes
+(whatever its effects),
+this operation does nothing further.
+This fact can be used to defeat or partially defeat
+dgit setup-gitattributes
+and hence
+dgit setup-new-tree.)
+.TP
 .B dgit quilt-fixup
 `3.0 (quilt)' format source packages need changes representing not
 only in-tree but also as patches in debian/patches.  dgit quilt-fixup
@@ -310,7 +331,6 @@ dgit will stop with an error message.
 If
 .I branch
 does not start with refs/, refs/heads/ is prepended.
-The specified branch is unconditionally updated.
 .TP
 .B dgit version
 Prints version information and exits.
@@ -420,7 +440,7 @@ This can be useful with build, if you plan to commit later.  (dgit
 push will still ensure that the .dsc you upload and the git tree
 you push are identical, so this option won't make broken pushes.)
 .TP
-.BR --overwrite =\fIprevious-version\fR
+.BR --overwrite [=\fIprevious-version\fR]
 Declare that even though your git branch is not a descendant
 of the version in the archive
 according to the revision history,
@@ -491,7 +511,7 @@ if the .dsc names a git commit which has been rewritten
 by those in charge of the distro,
 this option may prevent that rewrite from being effective.
 Also,
-using it can mean that
+it can mean that
 dgit fails to find necessary git commits.
 .TP
 .BR --dgit-view-save= \fIbranch\fR|\fIref\fR
@@ -899,7 +919,7 @@ These options are provided as an escape hatch,
 in case dgit is confused.
 (They might also be useful for testing error cases.)
 .TP
-.B --import-dsc-with-dgit-field
+.B --force-import-dsc-with-dgit-field
 Tell dgit import-dsc to treat a .dsc with a Dgit field
 like one without it.
 The result is a fresh import,
@@ -1004,6 +1024,12 @@ Whether to setup a merge driver which uses dpkg-mergechangelogs for
 debian/changelog.  True by default.  Ignored for dgit
 setup-mergechangelogs, which does it anyway.
 .TP
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .setup-gitattributes
+Whether to configure .git/info/attributes
+to suppress checkin/checkout file content transformations
+in new git trees.
+True by default.  Ignored for dgit setup-gitattributes, which does it anyway.
+.TP
 .BI dgit-distro. distro .cmd- cmd
 Program to use instead of
 .IR cmd .